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A collection of 8 posts
Selling Silver Terrace
Silver Terrace

Selling Silver Terrace

Photographer Eadweard Muybridge had a job to do in southeast San Francisco in 1869.
Apr 2, 2025 9 min read
Making 19th Avenue
Sunset District

Making 19th Avenue

The highway through San Francisco's Sunset District started as a rutted country road.
Nov 27, 2024 8 min read
Runaway Cable Car
California Street

Runaway Cable Car

The worst accident in San Francisco cable car history.
Mar 6, 2024 7 min read
A Walk on Long Bridge
Mission Bay

A Walk on Long Bridge

When San Francisco's Mission Bay was a bay.
Jan 24, 2024 7 min read
A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2
Mission District

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2

Sunday pleasure resorts like Woodward's Gardens made San Francisco's Mission District more family-friendly in the 1860s and 1870s.
Nov 9, 2022 7 min read
A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1
Mission Dolores

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1

In the 1850s, San Francisco Sunday recreation meant getting across sand dunes and marsh to the Mission.
Nov 2, 2022 8 min read
Telegraph Hill Castle: Layman's Folly
Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill Castle: Layman's Folly

In the early 1880s, a transit car line ran to the top of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill where passengers could visit a strange observatory/concert hall/castle.
Aug 24, 2022 5 min read
Transit cars on sand dunes
Ocean Beach

Carville-by-the-Sea in 10 Slides

San Francisco's bygone bohemian community made of recycled transit cars at Ocean Beach.
Jun 22, 2022 5 min read
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